Post Tagged with: "Public Figures"

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  [Mood Riffs] We’re in a Scandalous Mood

  Ever wonder why sex scandals are suddenly erupting all over?
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Falling From Grace for Thirteen Years

  We love our heroes when social mood is trending positively, but boy, can we punish them when mood is trending negatively.
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Kicking Assange

  On Sunday, Julian Assange took the authoritarian/anti-authoritarian conflict out onto the balcony of his asylum refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, berating the United States for its “witch hunt” and “war on whistleblowers.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk?”

  “Instead of gasps of horror there have been yawns. It’s plain that the media and the public are a little tired of Wall Street scandals.”
   
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  [Article] Tiger Woods Update: The Ex- Golf Hero Struggles to Regain Stardom

  The bull-market icon is struggling mightily to regain his former reputation.
   
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  [Social Mood Watch] What This Country Needs is More Jobs — Steve Jobs

  If you want more jobs, encourage more Jobs. Too bad the government hasn’t a clue about how to make more people like him.
   
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  [Article] Glenn Beck’s Goodbye

  Glenn Beck had a meteoric rise to the top of cable news. He doubled his audience in 2008, and by early 2009 had more viewers for his 5 p.m. show than all his competitors combined. His popularity extended beyond the tube — with six straight number-one bestsellers and a massive “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, D.C. Now — all of a sudden — Glenn Beck can’t buy a break. Glenn Beck’s sponsors started to pull out in mid-2009, his past two books failed to hit number one, his ratings endured the steepest drop of any cable news show during the period, and his “Restoring Honor” rally became the brunt of jokes and parodies. How did Glenn Beck go from accolades to insignificance in such a short period of time?
   
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  [Article] Oprah is Back with the Primary Wave Bull Market

  This famous bull market icon recently launched a new television venture, the Oprah Winfrey Network. The fact the channel premiered when it did wasn’t surprising, but will it survive? Learn which single key factor will determine its fate.
   
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  [Article] Sports Scandals Signify A Shifting Mood

  Not only are the perception of politicians susceptible to the fluctuations in social mood, sport stars are no different. Former sports journalist Gary Grimes peels back the lid on popular athletes’ such as Tiger Woods and others to reveal their socionomic significance.
   
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  [Article] Einstein and Social Behavior

  Pete Kendall explores the socionomic forces that shaped the life and career of one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.   Einstein and the Study of “Psycho-Pathology” If there really is such a thing as social mood that guides collective human experience, how come they don’t teach it […]